Officials announced Sunday that one of Friday’s attackers was still at large, prompting Belgium to issue an global arrest warrant for the suspect.
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The manhunt is on for Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the Paris terror attacks.
A French official told The Associated Press Monday they suspect the Paris terror attacks were orchestrated by a Belgian citizen, Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
The investigation into the Paris attacks quickly led to Belgium after police discovered that two cars used by the militants had been rented in the Brussels area.
Countries around the world doused their national buildings in the French colours of blue, white and red to honour the victims – or, like the Eiffel Tower and New York’s Empire State Building, went dark to express their sorrow.
One of them, who was arrested at France’s border with Belgium, had allegedly rented one of the cars used in the attacks.
In the wake of the attacks, France President Francois Hollande said he plans to ask for an extension of the state of emergency Tuesday as the search continues for suspects involved.
The Home Secretary said: “Since the firearms attack that took place in 2008 in Mumbai, we have been building the capability of police here in the United Kingdom to respond to a multiple firearms attack and developing that capability – different training for the police and ensuring that they are able to respond quickly to such an event”.
Meanwhile, as soft rain fell on Paris, thousands of people continued to flock to pay their respects as shrines of candles and flowers at the attack sites.
His brothers are Brahim Abdeslam, killed during the attacks, and Salah, who is on the run.
The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, was not authorized to be publicly identified as speaking about the ongoing probe. The third brother, Mohamed Abdeslam was arrested in Molenbeek on Saturday, but released “without charge” on Monday with his lawyer saying her client had an alibi and was not in Paris on Friday evening. The Bataclan attack was by far the most deadly, with 89 people believed to have died.
“I saw during two seconds, the shooter that was behind me, it was a normal person like you or me”, Lorenzi said. There were three teams of attackers, all with suicide bombs.
Authorities in France and Belgium stepped up the hunt for more gunmen and possible accomplices to the shootings and suicide bombings on bars, restaurants and a sports stadium that killed 129 mostly young people on Friday night.
Another suicide bomber found outside the soccer stadium had the passport of Ahmad Al Mohammed, 25, of Idlib, Syria.
Police arrested seven people in the German town of Aachen Tuesday.
The Brussels man is believed to be one of three brothers directly involved in Friday’s attacks. The French born 29-year-old of Algerian descent with a security file for Islamic radicalization was identified by a severed finger. “We are wondering where he is, and if he is frightened, and if he is eating”, the brother said.
“Security and intelligence services right now are working feverishly to see what else they can do in terms of uncovering it”.
Criticism of authorities in Brussels and Molenbeek reflects in part Belgium’s deep political and linguistic divide between Dutch- and French-speaking communities. The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, took credit for the attacks.
In Belgrade, the Serbian government said the holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen had passed through the country last month where he sought asylum.
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They were detained after witness testimony and video footage pointed to a black Belgian rental vehicle that stopped for a border check on Saturday morning but was allowed to drive on, Van Sypt said.
